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Disk formatting is the configuring process of a data storage media such as a hard disk drive, floppy disk or flash drive for initial usage.

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Disk formatting is the configuring process of a data storage media such as a hard disk drive, floppy disk or flash drive for initial usage.

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Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for initial use. In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new file systems.

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Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for initial use. In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new file systems.

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- Formatting removes any bad programs and any sophisticated viruses.
- Your partitions and system becomes fresh for the new instillation.
- It scans and repairs bad sectors, this is called a full format

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Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for initial use. ... The third part of the process, usually termed "high-level formatting" most often refers to the process of generating a new file system.

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Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for initial use. ... The third part of the process, usually termed "high-level formatting" most often refers to the process of generating a new file system.

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Some one would know when to use the drive formatting utility if they were to sell/donate their hard drive or install a newer version of an operating system. You'd also know when to use the utility if all files that want to be kept are on a separate hard drive.
Although, drive formatting can damage and shorten the life of the hard drive if you are trying to overwrite files.
You would know to format a hard drive if it was corrupt with many viruses as it wipes all data left on the hard drive.
You'd also know to format your hard drive if you are going to install a new OS as a computer can't have two so one is completely erased.

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Make a section for Fdisk

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Fdisk is a command-line utility that provides disk partitioning functions. It is available in DOS, Flex-OS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Fdisk stands (for “fixed disk or format disk“) is an most commonly used command-line based disk manipulation utility for a Linux/Unix systems.

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FDISK is used to prepare and partition a brand new hard drive, most personal computers today  arrive with the drive already partitioned and loaded with the operating system and perhaps other software.

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The disk part command is a recovery console command that enables a user to delete and create partitions on their computer.

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Files are removed from the volume that you are formatting and the hard disk is scanned for bad sectors. The scan for bad sectors is responsible for the majority of the time that it takes to format a volume.

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Format removes files from the partition, but does not scan the disk for bad sectors. Only use this option if your hard disk has been previously formatted and you are sure that your hard disk is not damaged.

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Open a command prompt with administrator rights and enter the following sequence of commands:

1. diskpart.

2. list disk.

3. select disk {number}

4. clean.

5. create partition primary.

6. select partition 1.

7. active.

8. format fs=fat32 quick.

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The first part of the formatting process that performs basic medium preparation is often referred to as "low-level formatting".Partitioning is the common term for the second part of the process, making the data storage device visible to an operating system.

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The first part of the formatting process that performs basic medium preparation is often referred to as "low-level formatting".Partitioning is the common term for the second part of the process, making the data storage device visible to an operating system.